Author of "Tuskegee and Its People," "Is
Liberia Worth Saving?" and
co-Author of "Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization"

Secretary of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Eighteen
years
PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE LATE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

A Complete and Authentic Narration, from Official Sources,
of the Participation Of
AMERICAN SOLDIERS OF THE NEGRO RACE in the
WORLD WAR FOR DEMOCRACY

Profusely Illustrated
With Official Photographs

A Full Account of the War Work Organization of Colored Men
and Women
and other Civilian Activities including the Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A, the
Y.W.C.A. and the War Camp Community Service
With Official Summrry of Treaty of Peace and
League of Nations Covenant

Prefaced with Highest Tributes to the American
NegrobyHON. NEWTON D. BAKER, Secretary of WarGEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander-in-Chief, American Exp. Forces.and the lateCOL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

The Underlying Causes of the War---Racial Hatreds and National Enmities
---Germany's Ambition, to Rule the World---The Gathering of the War Clouds---Germany's
Attempt to Stir Up Trouble Between the United States and Mexico---Events
that Led to America's Participation In the War.

Negro Troops that Were Ready When War Was Declared---The Famous 9th
And 10thCavalry, U. S. Army---The 24th and' 25th. Infantry-National Guard
Units of Colored Troops---The 8th Illinois---The 15th New York---National
Guard Units of Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, and Tennessee---First
Separate Battalion of the District of Columbia---How All of These Responded
to the Call.

Appointment of Emmett J. Scott as Special Assistant to the See?retary
of War---Difficulties Encountered In Establishing the Negro's Status---Opportunities
Afforded for Effective Work on Behalf of Negro Soldiers---Better Opportunities
for Negro Officers, Soldiers, Nurses, Surgeons, and Others Obtained Through
This Official Connection.

Selective Service Law the Most Complete Recognition of the Citizenship
---Of the Negro, North and South---All the Duties and Responsibilities
of Patriots Imposed Upon the Negro by the Draft Act---Tribute by the Provost
Marshall General to the Colored Soldier---Assignment of Negro Draftees
to Cantonments.

Race Problems that Had to be Solved---Fear of the Southern Whites that
Trouble Would Follow the Training of Negro Troops In the South--- Situation
Complicated by the Houston Riot---Protest of the Governor of South Carolina---Dr.
Scott Called to Spartanburg, S. C. to Allay Trouble There---How the Negro
Soldier Finally Won the Respect and Confidence of the South.

Men from the South Sent to Northern Camps to Face a Hard Winter---Attempts
at Discrimination Against Negro Soldiers and Officers-Firm Stand of the
Secretary of War Against Race Discrimination---General Ballou's "Bulletin
No. 35"---Members of Draft Boards Dismissed for Discrimination Against
the Race.

Secretary Baker and the Trying Situation at Camp Lee, Virginia---Reports
on Investigations at Numerous Camps---Improved Conditions Brought About
Gradually---The Case of Lieutenant Tribbett and Similar Cases of Race Prejudice.

French Colored Colonials the First Black Soldiers to Take Part In the
War---The Story of These Senegalese Fighters---Their Important Part from
the Beginning of the War---The Fight for the African Colonies---German
'Employment of Negro Troops In the Early Part of the War.

Pull Detailed Account of the Organization and Fighting Campaigns of
the Famous Ninety-Second, as Recorded, by the Division's Official Historian---Complete
Officlal Reports of Eveily Battle in Which the Ninety-second Took Part---Commendation
by Commanding Officers.

Officers and Men of the Famous Negro Division Whose Heroic Conduct Gained
for Them the Distinguished Service Cross---Details of Their Deeds of Heroism
in Action---Special Mention of Officers and Men by Various Commanding Officers.

Glorious Record of the 367th Infantry Regimpnt--Colonel James A. Moss---Presentation
of Colors by the Union League Club---"The Buffaloes" In France---How
They "Saw It Through" at Metz---Their Heroic Conduct Under Fire---Regimental
Colors Decorated, by Order of the French High Commaud---A Tribute from
France to "These Sunburned Americans."

The Glorious Story of the 369th United States Infantry, Formerly of
the New York National Guard---The Regiment That Never Lost a Man Captured,
a Trench, or a Foot of Ground---First Negro Troops to Go into Action In
France.

Story of the 370th U. S. Infantry---Another Negro National Guard Regiment
that Won Distinction on the Battlefield---Chicago's Colored Fighters Called
"Black Devils" by the Germans and "Partridges" by the
French Because of Their Proud Bearing---First American Troops to March
into the Fortified City of Laon---Their Stubborn Resistance at the Oise-Aisne
Canal.

How This Colored Regiment of the "Red Hand" Division Helped
to Win the War---Service in the Trenches under General Goybet---In the
Great Champagne Offensive---Fierce Fighting and Heavy Losses---The Regiment
Decorated by the French-Individual Citations and Awards.

A Regiment Made Up of National Guard Troops and Drafted Men-Attached
to the Famous French "Red Hand" Division---Its Splendid Record
in France---At Hill 304-Heroic Exploits of Individnals---The Regiment Decorated
with the Croix de Guerre---Citations and Awards.

The Exploit of Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts---How One American
Soldier In No-Man's Land Killed Four Germans and Wounded Twenty-Eight Others
Single-Handed---First American Soldiers to Receive the French Croix de
Guerre---Other Instances of Individual Heroism by Negro Soldiers.

Unanimous Praise by Military Observers---Value of Negroes as Shock Troops---Discipline
and Morale Under Fire---What the War Correspondents Said About Them---Comments
by Foreign Military Observers---Estimates by American and French Officers.

Official Reports of the Only Accredited Negro War Correspondent---Ralph
W. Tyler, Representative with the A. E. F. of the U. S. Committee on Public
Information---The Story of the Life and Fighting of American Negro Soldiers
in France as Seen by This Trained Observer.

Recognition of the Value of Music by the U. S. War Department---The
Patriotic Music of Colored Americans---Lieutenant James Europe and His
Famous "Jazz" Band---Other Leaders and Aggregations of Musicians---Enthusiasm
of the French People and Officers for American Music as Interpreted by
These Colored Artists and Their Bandsmen.

A Vast Army of Colored Stevedores In France---Their Important and Efficient
Work---Essential to the Combatant Army in the Trenches---Their Loalty and
Cheerfulness---Important Lessons Learned in the War---The Labor Battalions---Well-Earned
Tributes to These Splendid Colored Workers Overseas.

Provision for Technical Training of Draftees---Units that Did Not Get
to France---Vocational and Educational Opportunities Opened to Them---The
Negro in the Students' Army Training Corps-In the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.

Insidious Efforts to Create Dissatisfaction Among Colored Americans---Germany's
Treacherous Promises---How the Hun Tried to Undermine the Loyalty of Our
Negro Citizens---Steps Taken to Combat Enemy Propaganda---Work of the Committee
on Public Information.

Their Co-operation in All the Liberty Loan Drives---The Negro and the
Red Cross---In the United War Work Campaign---How the Negroes Bought War
Savings Stamps---Special Contributions and Work of Colored Citizens---The
"Committee of One Hundred" and Its Valuable Work.

Organization for War Work---The Division of Negro Economics---Pioneer
Work of Dr. George E. Haynes---Negro Representation in Council-Seeking
to Improve Race Relations---Good Work by Negroes in the Shipyards---Attitude
of Organized Labor---The Opportunities of the War.

Enthusiastic Service of Colored Women in the Wartime Emergency---Overcoming
the Problems of Race by Pure Patriotism---Work for the Red Cross---The
Young Women's Christian Association---The Colored Hostess Houses and Rest
Rooms for Soldiers---War Problems of Living---The Circle for Negro War
Relief---Colored Women in the Loan Drives---Important Work in War Industries.

Important Welfare Work of the Young Men's Christian Association and
Other Organized Bodies---Negro Secretaries of the Y. M. C. A.---The Problem
of Illiteracy in the Camps---The Social Secretaries---Results of Education---The
Y. W. C. A. Hostess Houses---The Knights of Columbus---Caring tor Retained
Soldiers.

Eager Response of Colored Draftees---Notable Tributes to the Patriotism
of the Negro Race by the White Press---Also by President Wilson, Secretary
Baker, Secretary Daniels and Others---Negro Loyalty Never Doubted---Patriotic
Negro Demonstrations and Other Instances of Loyalty.

Reports of Widespread Discrimination and Harsh Treatment In Camp---Many
Manifestations of Prejudice by White Officers---The Question of White or
Negro Officers for Negro Regiments---Higher Officers of the Army Usually
Fair---Disinclination to Utilize Colored Nurses and Colored Medical Men---Secretary
Baker's Efforts to Prevent Race Discrimination---Reports of Negro Observers
on Conditions Overseas.

A Keener Sense of His Rights and Privileges as a Citizen of the United
States---Racial Attitude of the South-Returning Negro Soldiers and Conditions
in the North---The Attitude of Organized Labor-Instances of Discrimination---The
Black Man and His Claims to Equal Treatment.